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Vice President Kashim Shettima’s planned trip to Samoa for the 2024 Commonwealth Heads of Government Summit (CHOGM) has been cancelled due to an in-flight incident. According to a statement from the Presidency, the plane carrying the Vice President was hit by a foreign object during a stopover at JFK Airport in New York, damaging the […]
President Bola Tinubu has designated Vice President Kashim Shettima to lead Nigeria’s delegation to the 2024 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Samoa. The event will take place from October 21 to 26, in Apia, the capital of the Pacific island nation. This announcement was made on Sunday in a statement by Stanley Nkwocha, […]
The House of Representatives has urged President Bola Tinubu’s administration to halt the Samoa Agreement’s implementation until its contentious clauses are clarified. This motion, backed by 88 members, arose due to significant backlash following Nigeria’s signing of the international treaty. Aliyu Madaki, a House member, highlighted concerns about a clause promoting “gender equality,” describing it […]
The Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf, has declared that his administration will not tolerate any group suspected of promoting or advocating for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) rights within the state. The governor’s directive follows rising tensions over alleged activities promoting same-sex marriage in Kano. State Commissioner for Information, Baba Dantiye, announced this on […]
Abdul Rasheeth, the Special Advisor on Media (Broadcast) to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, has alleged that the federal government is enlisting and compensating social media influencers to advocate for the Samoa Agreement. Rasheeth claimed to have received multiple calls from influential figures who informed him that President Bola Tinubu’s Northern assistant was “distributing money […]
The Federal Government has announced plans to file a lawsuit against the Daily Trust newspaper over its report on the signing of the Samoa Agreement. The agreement, which includes clauses compelling underdeveloped and developing nations to support the recognition of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) community as a condition for receiving financial and […]
The Federal Government defended the Samoa Agreement yesterday, asserting that it was signed in the best interest of Nigeria. Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, clarified in a statement in Abuja: “On June 28, 2024, Nigeria signed the Samoa Agreement at the Organisation of African, Caribbean, and Pacific States (OACPS) secretariat in Brussels, […]